In the words of the song:
"Let's talk about fournicatioun, baby".
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Thanks for your interest in this, Steve and Elaine. I visited Haydon Bridge on the train - of course! - via the very scenic Tyne Valley line, and also called in at nearby Haltwhistle, which claims to be the centre of Britain. I hadn't known that!
Comment is about A view of the bridge: the 'love-nest' cottage of Monica Jones and Philip Larkin (article)
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Intriguingly different! A tongue teaser...
Comment is about The Guest Beneath My Tongue (blog)
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I'm sure CasVegas will be much more fun J.C. ! 😂 Thanks for commenting
And for the additional Likes!
Comment is about Gazvegas! (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Writing about the sea, about myself, about every moment I’ve lived.
Comment is about EIII.jpg (photo)
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Thanks for extra likes: Manish, Uilleam, Aisha & Red Brick Keshner. 👍
Comment is about Born To Die (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Hello Manish,
Your poem "Remains Untold" is a quiet storm — gentle in tone, yet stirring with unspoken depth. It feels like a confession made not to be heard, but to be remembered.
You write with the weight of someone who has both loved deeply and let go, not because the feeling faded, but because the moment demanded silence over permanence. The imagery — diamonds, gold, laburnum, autumn leaves — feels symbolic of both beauty and impermanence, things treasured and lost. And yet, what lingers most is the chapter you chose not to write, the one that "demands sheer silence." That line alone speaks volumes.
There’s grace in the way you’ve surrendered to memory instead of rewriting the past — not to erase it, but to honour it. You remind me that some stories are more sacred when left untold.
Thank you for letting us glimpse the unwritten.
Regards,
Rolph
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Years ago, I had the privilege of seeing Molière’s chair in the Comédie-Française in Paris. It was a brown leather armchair, visibly worn and in a very dilapidated state — a truly striking sight. To witness it in person was like standing in the shadow of theatrical history.
Comment is about Molière (blog)
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Thanks @Uilleam 🌷 brings to mind my early days in the Scouts and later on as a cadet; it always surprised me in practise that maps are quite flat on a page but hardly so in reality. It took awhile for the topographic indicators to became integral to my practical use of maps. 🕊🙏🏻🗺
Comment is about Mercator (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Nicely written Manish. Succinct and clear. Well done. G
Comment is about Remains Untold (blog)
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The War criminals leading His Majesty's UK government want to make a criminal out of me for protesting against Genocide!
Lock me Up, you onanists!
Comment is about Haiku for 2025 [No. 23. Fuck Your Fascist Police State] (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Thank you for your likes:
Red Brick Keshner
Phils Words
Stephen Gospage
K. Lynn
Manish
Yanma Hidayah
The man who, for political purposes, claims to be a "Christian" is effectively pissing on the suffering Jesus Christ by his words and actions.
....and thank you Philip S.
Comment is about Haiku for 2025 [No. 22. Piss Christ] (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
An enjoyable and for me, relevant read, RBK.
I suppose your first two lines sum up my backpacking days. That “clarity” and “accuracy” which you mention, made me an admirer of the UK’s Ordnance Survey maps, especially of the 1:25,000 scale.
Veritable works of art! and yet, those mere marks on a piece of paper helped me get from A to B in the "real" and potentially dangerous world.
Comment is about Mercator (blog)
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Thanks for the link, David, and for the Likes, Stephen A, Stephen G, Phil, Branwell and Holden.
Comment is about MY PRONOUN (blog)
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I’ve been a Neil Young fan since 1970! Always a good rage guitarist turned up loud!
Comment is about These fuckers (blog)
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David, your anger is far from simpleton like; it’s justified, and righteous, especially if it arises from witnessing the suffering of those who are unable to defend themselves.
What’s more, it’s not a destructive anger, it harnesses your creative skills.
In the words of a hymn by Holly Near:
“We are a justice-seeking people
and we are singing, singing for our lives”.
To which I would add: “…and we are fighting, fighting for their lives”.
Please excuse my being a patronising bastard.
Comment is about These fuckers (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Fuck me, Stephen! I was in the process of writing Cas Vegas! About the wealth of choice one has of bookies in Castleford. Not quite as relevant and biting as yours.
Comment is about Gazvegas! (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Yes
Comment is about Haiku for 2025 [No. 22. Piss Christ] (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
My apologies for this simpleton like rage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXazVhlyxQ&list=RDbWXazVhlyxQ&start_radio=1
David
Comment is about These fuckers (blog)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu4fiRFhC-4
Comment is about MY PRONOUN (blog)
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Thank you Stephen & Uilleam for taking time to comment. Too many Mad men creating madness!
And thanks for all the much appreciated 🌷🌷
Comment is about Gazvegas! (blog)
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Elaine Cusack
Mon 23rd Jun 2025 20:00
I hate the love nest description. I went on a Larkin pilgrimage to Haydon Bridge and fell in love with the place. Greg, I have a link to the Musuem of Time. I'll tell you about it in London!
Comment is about A view of the bridge: the 'love-nest' cottage of Monica Jones and Philip Larkin (article)
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It had to be for something, without their sacrifice we would not have been able to have the opportunity to f**k everything up
Comment is about Brothers Grim (blog)
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Cheers Uilleam for your comments.
Much appreciated!
Comment is about GENOCIDE (blog)
Original item by Doug Berry
Thought I’d lost my echoes competition entry so posting before I lose it again.
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That’s what I rejected Ray because of the hiccup after “reflect” losing the dactyl.
Comment is about MY PRONOUN (blog)
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Carpe Diem (and the night time too!).
Comment is about Masterpiece (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Some wonderful lines here, Tom. 'A new coat of paint upon your ego' is especially good.
Sad poem, in its way. Our childhoods do follow us.....
Comment is about Daniel (blog)
Original item by Tom
Thank you for your kind comment, Isobel. This one did not come to me in the middle of the night, at least I don't think it did!
Comment is about Masterpiece (blog)
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Utilising the Mercator projection as an extended metaphor for human perception and experience. The central conceit; that maps distort reality to serve practical navigation, just as people shape their memories and priorities to navigate life. Hope you enjoy this. 🕊🙏🏻
Comment is about Mercator (blog)
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Our childhoods follow us everywhere. Best to have no regrets.
Comment is about Daniel (blog)
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Wouldn't this preserve the rhythm?
Of pronouns that truly reflect my worth
Comment is about MY PRONOUN (blog)
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I understand where you’re coming from @Uilleam. 🌷things are quite hairy at the moment 🕊️🙏🏻
Comment is about Maginot (blog)
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It’s grammatically awkward, Ray, because using the present participle preserved the rhythm.
And thanks for the Likes, Aisha and Red Brick.
Comment is about MY PRONOUN (blog)
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Thanks @David RL Moore🌷human folly appears to amplify in the higher echelons of society 🕊️🙏🏻
Comment is about Maginot (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Thanks once more Aisha, for your refreshing take on life. 💐
Comment is about A Fresh New Week (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
Language, please Ray, and lots more gammon with it - how I love to see it spit and sizzle!
Comment is about Faiied State (blog)
Original item by Ray
Reminds me of the John Cooper Clarke poem -
Nobody's got a good word for him,
but I have "Twat!"
Is the awkward grammar in line 2 deliberate?
Comment is about MY PRONOUN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
On reflection, RBK, I owe you an apology; your poem deserves a closer reading, I merely latched on to your last line.
Comment is about Maginot (blog)
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Thank you for your thoughts, Graham and Uilleam.
Comment is about MY PRONOUN (blog)
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Thanks, Ray.
Our society on the road to nowhere could do with more of his like💗💐
Comment is about Extinction Rebellion (blog)
Original item by Ray
Good morning RBK,
That is my favourite poem of yours I have read.
It is a very imaginative parallel to use The Maginot, (I always keep in mind what Einstien said about imagination) so am keen to remark upon it when I see it.
There are a couple of stand out lines for me,
"As if war wears the same boots twice"
I love that, primarily because it does and it doesn't, this creates room for thought and questioning.
"Like memory forgetting it's own edge"
The Maginot was complete folly from the French High Command, to believe it was an obstacle to fascistic expansion. They must have had to suspend rationale to make such a blinding error.
And yet we repeat, repeat, repeat...
Nice work RBK.
David RL Moore
Comment is about Maginot (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
You're helping to put the world the right way up, Tim.
Comment is about June 2025 (blog)
Original item by Tim Daly
I love that Mike. So much said in so few words.
Comment is about Conversations Without Sound (blog)
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Auracle
Wed 25th Jun 2025 09:54
Could Japan please focus more on Earth and less on.... non-Earth?
The mass-extinction that's currently going on still seems to be Earthbound!
Comment is about Where the sun still rises and the winds still blow. (blog)
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